Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County

Privacy Policy

Our Commitment To Privacy

Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County (UGMTC) is committed to preserving the privacy of every individual who visits www.uniongospelmissiontc.org (“Web site”).  This notice is intended to help you understand our online information security practices. By visiting UGMTC at www.uniongospelmissiontc.org, you accept the practices described in this Privacy Notice.

Under the Data Protection Act, we have a legal duty to protect any personal information we collect from you. We do not pass on your details to any third party or government department unless you give us permission to do so or the law requires/permits it.

Data Collection

We collect two types of information:

Standard Web server traffic pattern information. General traffic, site usage, and length of stay information is collected and stored in log files. This type of information is shared externally only on an aggregated basis.

Personal information. We do not collect personally identifiable information from you unless you provide it to us voluntarily and knowingly. If you request information, volunteer, or donate, for example, we may collect the following information: first and last name, street address, city, state, zip code, telephone number, email address, and subject of inquiry.

Personal information may be needed for certain optional online activities:

Contributions: If you choose to donate to our organization, we maintain a record of your contribution. Although credit or debit card numbers are required to complete an on-line transaction, this information is not stored, and you are therefore required to enter it each time you visit the site.

Requests: If you submit an online request for UGMTC products such as free brochures, or submit a question through a “contact us” query, we may have to gather additional information from you to respond to your request. Such information will vary with the request but often includes name, shipping address, telephone number, and email address.

Data Use

We limit the use of information provided to us on our Web site to the following:

Internal Use
If you do not make a service request, donation, or otherwise identify yourself, we will have no personally identifiable information about you. We will only use aggregate information derived, in part, from your use of our site to improve our site and our service to you.

If you provide personal information, we may enter your name into our constituent database and contact you in order to:

• Complete voluntary surveys seeking feedback for quality and service improvement purposes.
• Supply you with information including UGMTC news, programs, events and services.
• Request voluntary time or monetary contributions to UGMTC.

We collect the email addresses of those who communicate with us by email. Inquiries may be forwarded to the appropriate UGMTC department for response and may be entered into our constituent database. If your name is entered into the database.

External Use
We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service and prohibit them from using that information for any other purpose.

We have relationships with companies that conduct charitable sales promotions and commercial co-ventures that support us in our mission and activities. If you provide us with your mailing address, we may pass your contact information to these companies so that they may ask you if you are interested in receiving their services. Your choice to use their services will benefit us; the amount of money we receive from these entities as a result of your participation is disclosed at the time you are contacted about the service. You are under no obligation to respond and the companies are restricted from using your contact information for any other purpose.

Cookies

Our site uses cookies to maintain a user's identity between sessions so that the site can be personalized based on user preferences or a user's history. You can set your Web browser to prompt you before you accept a cookie, accept cookies automatically or reject all cookies. However, if you choose not to accept cookies from this Web site, then you may not be able to access and use all or part of this Web site or benefit from the information and services which it offers.

Your Ability to Opt-out

We respect your privacy and allow you to restrict internal and external sharing of your personal information. If you would like to limit the way you are contacted, please e-mail, info@ugm-tc.org, with your opt-out request:

1. Do not contact me by telephone.
2. Do not contact me by postal mail.
3. Do not contact me by email.
4. Do not share my contact information with other non-profit organizations.
5. Do not contact me with fundraising requests supporting the Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County.
6. Limit your fundraising appeals to semiannual solicitations only.
7. Do not contact me or share my information with anyone.

If you contact us with an opt-out request, all reasonable efforts will be taken to ensure that you will not receive any of the selected communications from us in the future. If you do not wish to opt out at this time, you may do so at a later date should you so desire.

If you opt back into a specific service, you will receive communication in that manner, regardless of your overall opt out selections. These services may include newsletter subscriptions or email communication by asking a question using “Contact Us.”

Children's Privacy

Due to our status as a non-profit organization, we are not required to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). However, we strongly encourage our children aged thirteen and under to use our services only with parental consent.

How You Can Review Or Correct Your Information

Upon request, we will provide you with the information we maintain about you so that you may request corrections. This information will be sent via postal mail, which we believe is the most secure method of communication. Please contact us by email at info@ugm-tc.org or in writing at:

Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County
P.O. Box 2144
Fort Worth, TX 76113-2144

To protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before providing information or making corrections.

Data Security

We are committed to protecting the security of your personal information. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we strive to maintain physical, electronic, and administrative safeguards.

We process your financial transactions via encrypted SSL sessions. SSL is the industry standard for securing Web-messaging transactions.

Inside UGMTC, data is stored in password-controlled servers. Our staff and volunteers are educated about the importance of safeguarding your information and we are committed to holding them accountable for protecting your confidentiality. However, such precautions do not guarantee that our Web site is invulnerable to all security breaks. UGMTC makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation that the use of our Web site is protected from viruses, security threats, or other vulnerabilities and that your information will always be secure.

Whenever UGMTC permits an external third party to access personally-identifiable information, appropriate procedures are followed to help ensure that the information is used only for authorized purposes and by authorized persons in a manner consistent with the choices UGMTC constituents have made under this statement, and that the security, integrity and privacy of the information is maintained. While UGMTC will employ procedures to help ensure that your information is only used for authorized purposes as described above, we cannot make any guarantees with respect to the actions or policies of such third parties.

External Links

This site contains links to other sites.. We do not disclose personably identifiable information to those operating linked sites and we are not responsible for their privacy practices. Links to other sites do not imply an endorsement of the materials or policies on those Web sites. You should read the privacy policies of each site you visit to determine what information that site may be collecting about you.

Contact Us

This privacy statement will be updated periodically and posted on our Web site. It applies only to our online practices and does not encompass other areas of the organization. We reserve the right to change this policy at any time by posting revisions. You agree to review the Privacy Policies each time you use our Web site so that you are aware of any modifications. By accessing or using the Web site, you agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the UGMTC Privacy Policy as posted at the time of your access or use.
If you have any questions about our policy or our compliance, you may send us an email at info@ugm-tc.org or write to:

Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County
P.O. Box 2144
Fort Worth, TX 76113-2144

Effective Date: November 1, 2007